imagination

Noun

Meaning

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.

The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.

The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

invention fancy imaginativeness conception vision creativity inventiveness resourcefulness idea make-believe resource inspiration fantasy imaging imagery
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Antonyms

being world case fact material basis
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Hypernyms

ingenuity cleverness creativeness creativity inventiveness ingeniousness

Hyponyms

armory chimera phantasy chimaera make-believe dream

Phrases with the word

by no stretch of the imagination by any stretch of the imagination by no stretch of imagination figment of one's imagination firing the imagination of figment of imagination

Examples

Imagination is more valuable than information. Albert Einstein

The imagination is the eye of the soul. Joseph Joubert

Imagination means nothing without doing. Charlie Chaplin

If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination. Korean Proverb

All fear has much imagination and little talent. Colombian Proverb

Imagination gallops, judgment merely walks. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

imaginary unit imaginary world imaginate imagination center imagination image imaginational